A lower bound for Coulomb energies

Elliott H. Lieb

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(79)90358-X

A lower bound for Coulomb energies

Elliott H. Lieb

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The indirect Coulomb energy for particles of charge e is usually approximated by E ≈ -Ce^{2 3} ∫ ρ{variant}(x)^{4 3}d(x), where ρ{variant}(x) is the single-particle charge density. We prove that, for a suitable constant C, this form for E is actually a universal lower bound.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	444-446
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	70
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(79)90358-X
State	Published - Apr 2 1979

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